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March 10, 2022
Women and Women's Rights
Renewing the Global Architecture for Gender Equality
UN Women has the potential to make serious progress on gender equality and equity—but the U.S. government needs to help make this a reality.
April 7, 2020
Global
Advancing Gender Equality in Foreign Policy
In recent years many countries have made gender equality a foreign policy priority. Government officials, civil society activists, and multilateral leaders reflected on these efforts and offered reco…
June 29, 2020
U.S. Foreign Policy
Understanding Gender Equality in Foreign Policy
Incorporating lessons from the approaches pursued by other countries, the U.S. government should take a more systematic and well-resourced approach to promoting gender equality in foreign policy.
March 8, 2021
Inequality
Transforming International Affairs Education to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Insufficient leadership, outdated curricula, and alienating school climates leave future foreign policy experts ill prepared to address the social forces contributing to fragility and unrest globally…
January 30, 2020
Health
Refuge From Disease
Mitigating potential communicable disease in refugee populations is a subset of efforts for human rights, equality, and dignity. A basic multilateral framework could improve health care in these situ…
June 1, 2017
Development
Building Inclusive Economies
Given the strong evidence of the returns on women’s economic inclusion, this issue merits a higher place on the U.S. economic and foreign policy agenda. The Donald J. Trump administration should build on recent reforms to promote inclusive economies and launch an effort to address legal barriers to women’s economic participation; increase access to capital, especially among small- and medium-sized enterprises; catalyze investment in women; promote technology and innovation; and support research and data collection in this area.
October 22, 2018
Women and Economic Growth
Women and the Law
Barriers to women's economic participation persist in every region of the world. Nations need to do more to level the legal playing field for women and ensure that women have the right to compete fairly in the economy—which will lead to significant gains.
June 19, 2014
Afghanistan
Women and Girls in the Afghanistan Transition
Overview Although Afghan women and girls have made strides in education, the economy, health care, politics, and broader civil society since the 2001 U.S.-led intervention, these advances remain f…
July 5, 2016
Technology and Innovation
Women in Tech as a Driver for Growth in Emerging Economies
Overview As the world transitions to an increasingly digital economy, many low- and middle-income countries face an obstacle: most emerging economies lack qualified people to fill critical informa…
December 14, 2011
South Korea
Busan High-Level Forum: From Dead Aid to Better Development?
The Busan High-Level Forum (HLF)—which met from November 29 to December 1 and involved more than three thousand delegates from nearly one hundred sixty countries as well as representatives from inter…
